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Personal info

Full name
MALLEN, Hector G
Date of birth
30 March 1923
Age
22
Place of birth
Texas
Hometown
Zavala County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38678743
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 April 1945
Place of death
Erfurt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 5 8

Immediate family

Members
Vicente G. Mallen (father)
Yolanda Mallen (sister)
Salvador G. Mallen (brother)
Vicente G. Mallen (brother)

More information

Hector Mallen studied pharmacy at the State University of Texas in Austin.

Source of information: Jacques Heuts, Individual Deceased Personnel File, Enroute to the redoubt van Col Ralph E. Pearson

Photo source: Jacques Heuts, www.wwiimemorial.com, Vicente G. Mallen